﻿/* dk2Repository - Copyright (C) 2011 Daniel Kuczewski http://www.dk2.de/

 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA */

using System;
using dk2Repository.Interfaces;

namespace dk2Repository
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Attribute for mapping IConverters to a Property
    /// </summary>
    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = false)]
    public class ConverterAttribute : Attribute
    {
        public ConverterAttribute(Type iconverterType)
        {
            ConverterType = iconverterType;
        }

        internal Type ConverterType { get; private set; }

        internal IConverter GetConverter()
        {
            try
            {
                return (IConverter)Activator.CreateInstance(ConverterType);
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                return null;
            }
           

        }
    }
}
